good evening, i am bret baier . following two big stories tonight, president trump takes the stand during his social defamation trial. we begin with the biden administration, giving texas a deadline of friday to allow federal agents back onto federa and feel the southern border to cut razor wire of there. texas official seeds the area nearly three weeks ago removing federal officers and putting in new measures to stem the flow o illegal immigration. matt finn following it all in eagle pass, texas again tonight. good evening, matt. texas officials don t have plans to comply with president biden s deadline tomorrow to remove the barbed wire here. in fact, right now, the texas national guard is installing additional razor wire here in shelby park. the texas attorney general tells fox that his state does not plan to comply with the biden administration s deadline for texas to reopen shall be park to the biden border agents. two give the biden administration doesn t even p
thanks for watching. i will see you back here nex weekend at 5 pm eastern. american voices with a latiu undoes starts right now on msnbc. thank you reverend sharpton and happy easter to you. hello very one i am alicia menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion rights from the fal of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed and i abortion federal suspended fda approval of suppressed own, in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said all options are on th table to keep this medicatio available for the millions who need it. well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is available t them not just in a week, but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge in one court and one state 50s approval process for saf and effective medications. we have to s
and completely overall the fbi and the justice department whe and if he returns to the presidency donald trump announced his candidacy back in november taking up familiar vague lives last campaign. the election was stolen from him and expanding th persecution narrative, claimin that all the investigations of lawsuits in the criminal indictment against him are politically motivated. and by all appearances, th messaging is working for him very well. brand-new nbc news poll this morning shows 68% of republica primary voters believe that th investigations into donald trump are politicall motivated. and are designed to stop him from being president again i think that those voters must support trump now to stop hi opponents from winning meanwhile, nbc news report that president joe biden i expected to formally launch zealot reelection campaign thi coming tuesday, for years to the day after he announced his 2020 presidential bid on a platform of rescuing the country from a president
life is going to be like under another biden term or a second trump administration under democratical republican control, you can see right now in livin color. the contrast between the quality of life in democratically controlle states compared to republica could strolled tate states i striking remember the context here. republicans have long claime there is a steady party of freedom. if you want lower taxes and th governor keeping us note o your business, you are republican come, join us they would say rick perry was known t campaign to lure businesses an residents out of california to bring them to the freedo loving tax haven of texas. the current texas governor gre abbott in 2020, there was kettle is a big companie relocating to texas for th freedom to operate without the heavy head of regulation the former governor sam brow back famously tried experiment in freedom from taxes in kansas setting hi state on a glide path to zer income taxes that is part of a tax cut plan that ran kans
explosions, just one act of th autocratic overreach on friday, a local fox affiliate reported the gop i nashville is threatening t freeze millions of dollars for memphis. if that city sends one of thos after lawmakers back to th status, those are some great a mob tactics that made do corleone blush will they be sending a horse s head for good measure? justin pierson put it best this is what you happen when you lose democracy. this is what we are fighting against and must stand u against. here s the starting intensity, but wouldn t start here. let s hopscotch over to texas, specifically austin, we are saturday, governor gre abbott stated that he woul pardon when daniel perry, th man convicted on friday of the